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Dripstone

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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in architecture, a projecting moulding weathered on the upper surface and throated underneath so as to form a drip. The term is more correctly applied to a string course. When carried round an arch its more correct description would be a hood. When employed inside a building it serves a decorative purpose only.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dripstone'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​d/dripstone.html. 1910.
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